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"~our Transportation Committee submits the following recommendations: 1. That ~the C~adock and Oradock Extended bus routes be re,outed as follows: From FourthSt. to Henry St. to Sixth St. to Go,pert ~Road and on to Cradoek, -over present founts, and that a traffic light be place~ at Fourth and Henry Sis., to be timed ~ith Lincoln St. traffi c light. 2. That the Prentis ATe. loop be eliminated from the Prentis Park bus route to speed up this line. 3. Tha~ theV.E.& P. Company place a ~oken salesman, at High and Crawl. oral Sts., and also at the Navy Yard gate to speed up ~he loading of buses~ at these two points. $. That this committee believing that the need for more bus transporta- ~tion will rapidly grow more acute due to the s~till rapidly increas - lng population; private ~oars~ being~ stored from. lack of tires and the rationing ef gas; that a great man. y of the present buses will soon have to be scrapped because of their age and condition; recommends that theCity Council of Portsmouth request the V.E. & P. Company to anticipate this dire need by ordering thirty five additional buses for delivery in September, 1952." On motion of Er. Lawrence, sections l, 3 and 4 were adopted and section 2 was laid on table until next meeting. Motion of Mr~ Fox _t~a~ the placing of a traffic ston and go light on High St. and Fourth Ave. be'referred tot~e 0ity Manager and Traffic CommissiOn, was adopted. Motion of Er. Wilson that the City Attorney be requested to draw an ordi - nance c-hanging the name of NinthAve. from High to North St. to McArthur Ave., was adopted. Privilege of the floor was granted Mr. Jas. Rosati, who presented the fol- lowing letter: "Me hereby offer to purchase all the property adjoining the Municipal golf course situated in Portsmouth, shown in book 18 as block numbers A,B,C E and P, also page t9,' C, D, ~. G and X~ , The undersigned will agree to pay $?50.00 per acre, the acreage to be determined by a civil engineer, to be furnished by the sellers. Terms to be as follows: 25% at the time of settlement and the balance of deed of trust to be due on or before~18 months eT da~e of settlement with interest at the rate of 4% per annum, paYable ssmi-annua!ly and the deed ~f trust shall also have a clause whereby the purchaser s~hall have the right to release por~ions of this property, not less than one acre at a time upon the payment of the proportion-' ate amount of the deed of trust plus interest to date of release. We are attaching hereto a check in the amount of $500.00 to bind the deal if same is acceptable with your councilmen. The purchaser shall have t~e right to form a new corporation at the ti~e ~of settlement for this purchase. By P.S. This offer is made subject to obtaining commitments from t~he and subject to obtainin~ priorities from the proper authorities.. Very ~ru!y yours, James Ro sari. Motion of Er. Lawrence to instr~act the City Manager to advertise for sale on Monday, May llth, at pubXic auction, the undeveloped forty acres of ~land purchased in con - nection with the purchase of theGlensheallah golf course, the Oouncil to reject any or all bids was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes - LeiE~,Grimes, Hall, Hutchins, Lawrence Nays - Howard President. Fox, ~arren andWilson not voting. On motion adjourned. C1 erk.